Where Cloud Is Ground

Placing Data and Making Place in Iceland

Alix Johnson

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English

University of California Press
24 October 2023

Archaeology; Anthropology; Impact of science & technology on society; Computer programming & software development

Series: Atelier: Ethnographic Inquiry in the Twenty-First Century

Where Cloud is Ground offers an ethnography of the international data storage industry, and an inquiry into the relationship between data and place. Based in Iceland, which is fast becoming a hot spot for data centers—facilities where large quantities of data is processed and stored—the book traces the fraught work of siting data’s material manifestations in relation to landforms and earth processes, local politics, national narratives, and still-open questions of spatial justice and sovereignty. Doing so, it unsettles techno-utopian ideals of connectivity and offers a window into what it means to live with our data, in a place where more and more data now lives.

By: Alix Johnson
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 11
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9780520396364
ISBN 10: 0520396367
Series: Atelier: Ethnographic Inquiry in the Twenty-First Century
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 24 October 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alix Johnson is Assistant Professor of International Studies at Macalester College.